Posted on 03/06/2012 4:44:41 PM PST by pastorbillrandles
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.( 2 Timothy 3:1-5)
There is a Chinese ‘blessing’, the kind you confer upon an adversary, in which you wish him or her ,”May you live in interesting times”. We certainly do, don’t we? Fortunately we don’t have to rely on Chinese proverbs, for we have a guide to our times that is eternal, and gives us a profound template for understanding them.
We know that these are the “Latter days” spoken of by the apostles of Jesus and the Hebrew prophets. All of the themes of the Old and New Testament are being replayed in little and big ways, so that those who have “ears to hear” may be as the Sons of Isaachar, ”… which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…”(I Chronicles 12:32).
The Book of Esther all over again
Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, in meetings with President Obama, affirmed Israel’s right and willingness to use any means to defend itself, against her enemies. Netanyahu is particularly sounding the alarm about the recently nuclear weaponized Persian, (Iran) which has been openly threatening to annihilate Israel.
Obama, had been cautioning Israel against “war talk” and “bluster”in the days leading up to the meeting, but Netanyahu stood firm, resolving that Israel reserves the right to defend herself against all enemies.
The interesting aspect of this is that the meeting took place within days of the Jewish feast of Purim,(March 8-11,2012). Purim commemorates the successful self -defense of the Hebrew people in the land of their captivity, in ancient Persia (Iran). The nation had been threatened by Haman, an ambitious anti-semitic politician who deceived the Gentile King into authorizing an empire wide pogrom.
But the Lord had spared the nation through the intervention of the King’s wife, Esther, a Jewess. Netanyahu presented Obama with a scroll of the book of Esther.
Purim has been prominently confirmed in other events of recent history; for the first persian Gulf war ended on February 28, 1991, the feast of Purim. In the build up to the second Gulf war, President Bush gave Saddam Hussein a two-day ultimatum, on March 17,2003, or else Iraq would face invasion. That year Purim was on March 17-19 !
Demon Worship, The Golden Calf and the great Apostasy
We read of Israel in the Old Testament and marvel at the Spiritual harlotry, the backsliding, the accommodation with false religion, the sexually perverse religious rites, the total defection from God. But we must remember Paul’s warning,
Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.(I Corinthians 10:11-12)
The modern church in many ways is where Israel was at its worst point! Consider this example;
An Anglican church in Auckland New Zealand installed a statue near its sanctuary, of a fallen Angel, ”Gadreel”. A figure from the apocryphal book of Enoch, the vicar commissioned it for “lent”as a way to assure the fallen away to come back;
The statue of Gadreel, one of the fallen angels in Enoch lore who reputedly led Eve astray in the Garden of Eden, was installed in the church’s Peace Chapel next to the main altar on Friday, and will remain there for the period of Lent. Vicar Glynn Cardy said the statue was to show that “even the devil would be welcomed in God’s Kingdom”. ”It’s to show that no matter how distant you are, or even if you’ve fallen to your deepest depth – like Gadreel – you are still welcome to be in our midst,” he said.
Fallen Angels to Land Lightly At City Church
This abomination is the direct fruit of decades of the “Love Gospel” with its misguided humanism, and it’s omission of the great doctrines of the horror of sin, the fall, the Holiness and Righteousness of God. What does the new style church preach? “Unconditional love”, a God who has no indignation, an all-inclusive deity who strikes no fear or awe and is unworthy of worship.
The same rotten theology is infiltrating the evangelical world now. Witness the popularity of Rob Bell’s book, “Love Wins” which is a denial of the certainty of Divine punishment. We are also seeing the rise of a movement called “Chrislam”, a blasphemous syncretism between ‘christianity” and Islam. Homosexuality is also being accommodated by some.
EXODUS all over again…
In the Wider World we are seeing the ominous spectre of themes from the Exodus playing out. Remember that the book of Revelation, is full of Exodus Imagery. The Plagues come upon the whole world, the AntiChrist is the last Pharoah, and the people of God make their Exodus out of this world.
Consider this horrifying story from Scotland, in which state licensed hospital midwives lost a courtroom battle to defend their right to exempt themselves from having to assist in abortions…”
Two senior midwives from Glasgow have lost their battle not to assist in abortions following a court ruling. In a judgment handed down today from the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Lady Smith ruled that the midwives must accept the decision of their hospital management to oversee other midwives who are performing abortions on the labour ward.
The midwives in the case, Miss Mary Doogan and Mrs Connie Wood, argued that they had never been required to supervise abortion procedures in the past, and that the hospital was asking them to be morally, medically and legally responsible for abortions. Although they said that this conflicted with their profound objection to abortions, Lady Smith said that the midwives involved were not protected by the conscience clause of the Abortion Act…
Scottish Midwives Lose Legal Battle
This comes right out of Exodus 1,
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.(Exodus 1:16-22)
The USA has its own version of Pharoah, with Obama also seeking to force Christians to participate in abortion and infanticide. It is as though the “principalities and powers” are doubling down on their efforts to involve all of us in these deep sins of our time.
Satan knows his time is short, and he knows the time itself is shortening, we are hurtling toward the final judgment at break neck speed, and most are oblivious. It is time to get right with God, on his terms. Confess and forsake your life of sin, and neglect of God and your soul. He forgives those who come with a broken heart!
The Prophet Isaiah cries out to us, “Seek ye the Lord while He can be found, call upon Him while He is near!” and Joel told us, that dark as the day is ,”Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved”!
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All I need is the "Sword of the Lord."
Then that's a "No."? If it comes to that, we'll be doing it without you?
Psalm 91. Read it and claim it.
This scripture ties into my belief that the tribulation lasts 7 DAYS, not 7 years, and that the bowls are poured out over those last days. I believe we are ALL here but Christ comes on the 7th day and we meet him in the clouds and return with him after he has destroyed the earth and it’s elements.
I believe the end mirrors the beginning. Genesis and Revelation mirror each other.
Thinking you have all the answers is a dangerous thing.
Well, it wasn't in the Peshetta scriptures but there were remarkable similarities of other verses.
We should take note of the details. It is interesting that Netanyahu gave a scroll, not book, scroll of Esther to our leader. Hmmmm.
This morning the first news item I saw on my isp was about Sharon who is still on life support. Someone was arguing that he wouldn't have wanted to live that way. He's been like that since about 2006, almost 6 years now.
God promises, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and change their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive them and heal their land.
The Founders were religious men. Be thankful they didn’t settle for trying to pray the British back to England.
I recall reading of a prediction/prophecy that
when Sharon dies, all ‘hell’ will break loose.
You fight your battles your way. I’ll fight them my way.
God Bless You.
Remember also the Israel time clock as spoken of in Jeremiah and Daniel (70 weeks: one week = seven years. Beginning from the exact time of Cyrus' pronouncement to Christ's death is 483 years (69 weeks) and then the seven years of the final 70th week.) If you count the time elements in Revelation, you also get seven years.
See you in the Heavenly mezzanine.
If you didn't believe this was the End Times, would you do it any different?
CASHLESS SOCIETY?
Those end-time book writers said we would someday be able to purchase about anything with the swipe of the card, even a telephone call, the vending machine and a parking lot? A stretch in the 1970’s, but now I hardly ever carry cash or coin anymore. Other that the coffee kitty at work I can go weeks without coin or paper money. To be completely cut off from it would be no big deal. As long as the card scanner worked. Oh and did I mention you could use the card all over the World? How possible was that in 1972? Now we are having China, the EU, and others saying we need to move to a global currency, and now for the first time ever – we are listening. Which brings me to the next topic.
ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT?
We have come along way on this one since Hal Lindsey’s book, haven’t we? Hard to visualize in the 1970’s. Now, its something even the main stream media is picking up on. We can now communicate at the speed of light anywhere we want because of the World Wide Web and satellite communication.
ONE WORLD LEADER / ANTICHRIST?
In 1974 when I first read Hal Lindsey’s book “The Late Great Planet Earth”, It was a great mystery to me how one man could enter the World stage and become so popular in such a short amount of time, and how this popularity will cross borders of all Nations. After all he will only have 3 1/2 years to position himself for the abomination of desecration to take place. Obama sets a good example of how it could happen. He did come out of nowhere in just a few months to become almost a God to hundreds of millions of his followers who did not even know who he was prior to that speech at the 2004 convention. If you reflect on that, I think the mystery has been solved. The power of persuasion spans all borders, and I think the real Antichrist is waiting just off stage, and Obama has shown us all how fast this sort of event can take place.
But how could there be a Global attraction? If it is a true ‘man” and not an invisible entity like the U.N. Assembly, then I think it may take a global catastrophe to usher someone like that in. And between Iran and North Korea there are two countries that could start such a thing in motion.
If WWI and WWII didn’t herald the end times, I’m certainly not going to sweat the troubles we’re having now.
I mean, come now. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
No, I live each day to the fullest. I was at death's door a few years ago, and the Lord healed me. Life is fleeting. My motto: Let another day be a day to live for Jesus.
You enjoy not needing to. It's not pretty, but it still needs done.
Every American has a responsibility to take part in the political process.
**Nobody who’s convinced the ship is going to be destroyed any minute is going to be any help bailing.**
True. We should stay with the ship as long as it’s a help to us. But, as with Paul, the time is coming when we will have thrown overboard everything we possibly can to weather the storm, and ride the ship to it’s destruction. Paul and those aboard survived because they didn’t leave the ship. The ship got them to safety as it dissolved in the battering waves and rocks. They had already gone through a long, seemingly endless storm, and believed that they were going to die.
The potential for worldwide destruction and chaos, is a reality that had not been possible just 60 years ago. As bad as WW2 was, there were areas of the earth untouched by that war. The ‘bomb’, along with missile technology, has changed that. With the amazing drones (and smaller, yet still lethal) being developed in recent years with artificial ‘intelligence’, there will soon be ‘no place to hide’.
“via satellite” has given the ability for people from around the world to witness the two dead prophets arise and ascend to heaven (per Revelation). ‘Telstar’ was the beginning of this capability.
Until the steam engine came along, the previous centuries were, technologically, almost the same. Walk or ride a beast; row or let the wind blow. We truly live in a time like no other before us.
Yeah, there is a word for that: eisegesis
Indeed. And it seems to me if "the Sword of God" was enough, nobody would be needing to sell their coat to buy a piece of steel. But I could be wrong about that.
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